Cisco Cisco IOS Software Release 12.2(53)SE
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Release Notes for the Catalyst 3750, 3560, and 2960 Switches, Cisco IOS Release 12.2(53)SE and Later
OL-21141-03
Minimum Cisco IOS Release for Major Features
Minimum Cisco IOS Release for Major Features
lists the minimum software release required to support the major features of the Catalyst 3750
3560,and 2960 switches and the Cisco EtherSwitch service modules.
Table 5
Catalyst 3750 and 3560, and 2960 Switches and Cisco EtherSwitch Service Module Features and the
Minimum Cisco IOS Release Required
Minimum Cisco IOS Release Required
Feature
Minimum Cisco
IOS Release
Required
IOS Release
Required
Catalyst Switch Support
Smart Install to allow a single point of management (director) in a network. You
can use Smart Install to provide zero touch image and configuration upgrade of
newly deployed switches and image and configuration downloads for any client
switches.
can use Smart Install to provide zero touch image and configuration upgrade of
newly deployed switches and image and configuration downloads for any client
switches.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
Support for IP source guard on static hosts.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
AutoSmartPort enhancements, which add support for macro persistency,
LLDP-based triggers, MAC address and OUI-based triggers, remote macros
as well as for automatic configuration based on these two new device types:
Cisco Digital Media Player (Cisco DMP) and Cisco IP Video Surveillance
Camera (Cisco IPVSC).
LLDP-based triggers, MAC address and OUI-based triggers, remote macros
as well as for automatic configuration based on these two new device types:
Cisco Digital Media Player (Cisco DMP) and Cisco IP Video Surveillance
Camera (Cisco IPVSC).
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560,2960
RADIUS Change of Authorization (CoA) to change the attributes of a
certain session after it is authenticated. When there is a change in policy for
a user or user group in AAA, administrators can send the RADIUS CoA
packets from the AAA server, such as Cisco Secure ACS to reinitialize au-
thentication, and apply to the new policies.
certain session after it is authenticated. When there is a change in policy for
a user or user group in AAA, administrators can send the RADIUS CoA
packets from the AAA server, such as Cisco Secure ACS to reinitialize au-
thentication, and apply to the new policies.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560,2960
IEEE 802.1x User Distribution to allow deployments with multiple VLANs
(for a group of users) to improve scalability of the network by load balancing
users across different VLANs. Authorized users are assigned to the least
populated VLAN in the group, assigned by RADIUS server.
(for a group of users) to improve scalability of the network by load balancing
users across different VLANs. Authorized users are assigned to the least
populated VLAN in the group, assigned by RADIUS server.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
Support for critical VLAN with multiple-host authentication so that when a
port is configured for multi-auth, and an AAA server becomes unreachable,
the port is placed in a critical VLAN in order to still permit access to critical
resources.
port is configured for multi-auth, and an AAA server becomes unreachable,
the port is placed in a critical VLAN in order to still permit access to critical
resources.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
Customizable web authentication enhancement to allow the creation of us-
er-defined login, success, failure and expire web pages for local web authen-
tication.
er-defined login, success, failure and expire web pages for local web authen-
tication.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
Support for Network Edge Access Topology (NEAT) to change the port host
mode and to apply a standard port configuration on the authenticator switch
port.
mode and to apply a standard port configuration on the authenticator switch
port.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
VLAN-ID based MAC authentication to use the combined VLAN and MAC
address information for user authentication to prevent network access from
unauthorized VLANs.
address information for user authentication to prevent network access from
unauthorized VLANs.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960
MAC move to allow hosts (including the hosts connected behind an IP
phone) to move across ports within the same switch without any restrictions
to enable mobility. With MAC move, the switch treats the reappearance of
the same MAC address on another port in the same way as a completely new
MAC address.
phone) to move across ports within the same switch without any restrictions
to enable mobility. With MAC move, the switch treats the reappearance of
the same MAC address on another port in the same way as a completely new
MAC address.
12.2(52)SE
3750, 3560, 2960